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The Maces & Flails skill denotes how powerful your character is with bludgeoning and bashing instruments. These weapons are some of the most damaging in the game. It crosstrains with the Axes skill and the Staves skill.

Aptitudes

At	Ba	Co	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	GC	Gr	Gn	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	MD	Mu	Na	Op	On	Po	Re	Sp	Te	Tr	VS
-1	1	-1	-3	-1	-1	-2	0	N/A	0	-1	0	8	0	-1	-2	2	2	-2	0	0	0	-2	-1	-3	1	-1	-1

List of Maces & Flails

Name	Dam	Hit	Delay	Min delay	Hands	Size	Cuts Hydras?
Club	5	+3	13	6 (14 skill)	One	Any	No
Whip	6	+2	11	5 (12 skill)	One	Any	No
Mace	8	+3	14	7 (14 skill)	One	Any	No
Flail	10	0	14	7 (14 skill)	One	Any	No
Morningstar	13	-2	15	7 (16 skill)	One	Any	No
Demon whip	11	+1	11	5 (12 skill)	One	Any	No
Sacred scourge	12	+0	11	5 (12 skill)	One	Any	No
Dire flail	13	-3	13	6 (14 skill)	Two	Medium+	No
Eveningstar	15	-1	15	7 (16 skill)	One	Any	No
Great mace	17	-4	17	7 (20 skill)	Two	Medium+	No
Giant club	20	-6	16	7 (18 skill)	Two	Large	No
Giant spiked club	22	-7	18	7 (22 skill)	Two	Large	No

Strategy

Maces & Flails have no special gimmicks. They don't have the reaching of a Polearm, cleaving of an Axe, and scale with strength (as opposed to Long Blades). To compensate, these weapons generally have higher base damage, tied with Long Blades.

Skills
Weapons	Short Blades • Long Blades • Ranged Weapons Axes • Maces & Flails • Polearms • Staves • Unarmed Combat • Throwing
Physical	Fighting • Armour • Dodging • Stealth • Shields
Magical	Spellcasting • Invocations • Evocations • Shapeshifting
Spell Schools	Air • Alchemy • Conjurations • Earth • Fire • Forgecraft • Hexes • Ice • Necromancy • Summoning • Translocations

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-The '''Maces & Flails''' skill denotes how powerful your character is with bludgeoning and bashing instruments, including [[rod]]s. These weapons are some of the most damaging in the game, but cannot be used to butcher corpses. It [[crosstrain]]s with the [[Axes]] skill and the [[Staves]] skill.
+The '''Maces & Flails''' skill denotes how powerful your character is with bludgeoning and bashing instruments. These weapons are some of the most damaging in the game. It [[crosstrain]]s with the [[Axes]] skill and the [[Staves]] skill.
+{{skill aptitudes}}
+==List of Maces & Flails==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+! Name || Dam || Hit || Delay || Min delay || Hands || Size || Cuts Hydras?
+|-
+| [[Club]] || 5 || +3 || 13 || 6 (14 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Whip]] || 6 || +2 || 11 || 5 (12 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Mace]] || 8 || +3 || 14 || 7 (14 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Flail]] || 10 || 0 || 14 || 7 (14 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Morningstar]] || 13 || -2 || 15 || 7 (16 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Demon whip]] || 11 || +1 || 11 || 5 (12 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Sacred scourge]] || 12 || +0 || 11 || 5 (12 skill) || One || Any|| No
+|-
+| [[Dire flail]] || 13 || -3 || 13 || 6 (14 skill) || Two || Medium+ || No
+|-
+| [[Eveningstar]] || 15 || -1 || 15 || 7 (16 skill) || One || Any || No
+|-
+| [[Great mace]] || 17 || -4 || 17 || 7 (20 skill) || Two || Medium+ || No
+|-
+| [[Giant club]] || 20 || -6 || 16 || 7 (18 skill) || Two || Large || No
+|-
+| [[Giant spiked club]] || 22 || -7 || 18 || 7 (22 skill) || Two || Large || No
+|-
+|}
+==Strategy==
+Maces & Flails have no special gimmicks. They don't have the reaching of a [[Polearm]], cleaving of an [[Axe]], and scale with [[strength]] (as opposed to [[Long Blades]]). To compensate, these weapons generally have higher base damage, tied with Long Blades.
 ==See Also==
-*[[weapon#Maces & Flails|List of maces & flails]]
 *[[Species#Melee_.26_Ranged_Combat|Table of species aptitudes]]
-*[[Weapon_selection#Maces_and_Flails|Mace & flail selection strategy]]
 {{Skills}}
 [[Category:Weapon skills]]
 [[Category:Maces & Flails|*]]